Summary:
ZIP code 60163 has two schools in Sunnyside Intermediate School (grades 3–5) and MacArthur Middle School (grades 6–8), both serving students in Berkeley School District 87; together they enroll 701 students, and the list includes no high school. The clearest area-wide concern is that both schools’ latest all-grades results are well below state results: in 2025–2026, their average was 34% proficient in English language arts (ELA) versus 56% statewide, and 24% in math versus 40% statewide—a shortfall of 22 points in ELA and 16 in math.
Neither school leads across both subjects: MacArthur had the higher 2025–2026 all-grades ELA result, 35% versus 34% at Sunnyside, while Sunnyside led in math, 26% versus 22%. Grade-level results also vary within each school: Sunnyside grade 4 was above its district in ELA and math by 2 points in each, while grade 3 was 10 points below in ELA and 14 below in math. At MacArthur, grade 6 ELA and grade 7 math were above district results, but grade 8 math was 10%—5 points below its district and 25 below the state.
Scores improved overall, but the pace differed: the two-school average rose by 4 points in ELA and 3 in math from 2024–2025, narrowing the average state gaps by 1 and 2 points, respectively. MacArthur’s ELA score rose 2 points, but its state gap widened by 1 point; Sunnyside’s ELA gain was 5 points. SchoolDigger gives both schools one star and places MacArthur in the 10th statewide percentile and Sunnyside in the 11th for 2025–2026. For context, 2024–2025 student-teacher ratios were 12.3 at MacArthur and 10.5 at Sunnyside; their 2024–2025 free/reduced lunch eligible shares were 76% and 80%, respectively. These context measures do not show a consistent pattern alongside the schools’ subject results.
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